The last of these definitions, as will be guessed from its explicit clarity, is from the great Oxford Dictionary ... the elaborate title-page unnecessary. In 1753 a small dictionary was published ...

Editor David Cannadine takes us behind the scenes at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) to examine why this late Victorian Institution with thousands upon thousands of detailed and ...

According to The Guardian, The Oxford English Dictionary's latest update added 23 Japanese words to its lexicon. Included among these Japanese terms like is one of the most popular anime genres ...

A former Oxford Brookes student has hit out at the University of Oxford after it was revealed event tickets were costing £446. It was revealed earlier this week that Pembroke College was charging ...

The word "MacGyver" is now in the Oxford Dictionaries. Why has a television series that began in the 1980s made such an impact on the lexicon, asks Jon Kelly. Fixed a broken door handle using a ...

Why men get more space on the page The entry for ‘man’ in the Oxford Dictionary is much longer and more detailed than the one for ‘woman’. But, Cameron explains, this is difficult to ...

This evolution of language is the focus of the forthcoming Oxford Dictionary of African American English, which recently ...

Sir Sean Connery and Dame Vera Lynn are among the new entrants in the Oxford Dictionary Of National Biography’s latest update. The biographies of 276 people, who left their mark on the UK and ...

It has another, new meaning, that made its way into the Oxford Dictionaries a few years ago: “The action or practice of making a hoax call to the emergency services in an attempt to bring about ...

A legendary college town. Recently cited by Yahoo as the #3 College Town in the United States. Oxford, Ohio, home of Miami's main campus, is a picturesque town brimming with ideas and opportunities.

High school students take AP® exams and IB exams to earn college credit and demonstrate success at college-level coursework. U.S. News calculated a College Readiness Index based on AP/IB exam ...